Map of the Valley of the Sacramento including the Gold Region
Description
Cover title: | Gold region |
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Type of resource | cartographic |
Form | computer; online resource |
Extent | 1 map : colored lithograph ; 54 x 43 cm, folded in cover 9 x 13 cm |
Place | Massachusetts |
Place | Boston |
Publisher | T. Wiley Jr. 20 State St. |
Publication date | 1848; 1848 |
Issuance | monographic |
Language | English |
Map data | Scale [ca. 1:550,000] ; W 122°29'00"--W 121°00'00"/N 40°00'00"--N 37°30'00").In decimal degrees: (W 122.4871--W 121.0126/N 040.0108--N 037.5109). |
Creators/Contributors
Cartographer | Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858 | |
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Surveyor | Bidwell, John, 1819-1900 |
Subjects
Subject | Mine maps > California > Sacramento Valley > 19th century |
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Subject | Gold mines and mining > California > Sacramento Valley > Maps > 19th century |
Subject | Mining districts > California > Sacramento Valley > Maps > 19th century |
Subject | Land grants > California > Sacramento Valley > Maps > 19th century |
Subject | Real property > California > Sacramento Valley > Maps > 19th century |
Subject | California > Gold discoveries > Maps > 19th century |
Subject | Sacramento Valley (Calif.) > Maps > 19th century |
Genre | Map |
Genre | Cartographic image-cri |
Genre | Mine maps. |
Bibliographic information
Statement of responsibility | this map is a correct tracing of the map of Bidwell (Land Surveyor) by Thos. O. Larkin Esq: late Consul of the U.S. for California; and by him stated to be the best for reference in California. |
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Note | Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. |
Note | Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. |
Note | Compass rose. |
Note | Bar scale on map given in "Leguas Spanish." |
Note | Includes Table of distances. |
Note | Shows topography, vegetation, ranchos, missions, mining districts, land ownership, and anchorages in the San Francisco Bay. |
Note | San Francisco called "Yerba Buena or San Francisco." |
Note | "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by J.H. Bufford & Co. in the Clerks office for the District Court of Massachusetts." |
Note | Collector's note: This map is regarded as the first published map to show or designiate the gold region. |
Language | Place names in Spanish. |
Local note | Stanford copy folded in cloth case, 5"x 3 1/4", blind stamped, "Gold Region" in gilt on front cover; signature in ink on verso front cover, "Stickney & Thaxter". |
Referenced by |
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Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Image from the Warren Heckrotte Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Copyright
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
Collection
Warren Heckrotte Map Collection
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